Computational studies of the most frequent Chinese words and sounds



Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)

1986

Computational studies of the most frequent Chinese words and sounds

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This book provides most fundamental importance in the design and construction of word processors and computers for processing Chinese texts and data, investigation of lexicographical and phonological matters, preparation of dictionaries and language reform.

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Chinese language--Data processing Chinese language--Word frequency

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Title
Computational studies of the most frequent Chinese words and sounds
Creators
  • Suen, Ching Y. (Ching Yee), 1942-
Subject
  • Chinese language--Data processing
  • Chinese language--Word frequency
Publisher
  • World Scientific Pub., 1986
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1986
Digital Description
application/pdf, vii, 343 p.
Table of Contents
  • Preface -- ch. 1. Data and access. Source of data. Access to the data. Data description. File structure. Access to the character matrices. Access to input-data. Procedure to print the input listings on the Versatec Printer/Plotter using the Concordia SYMSET Typesetting Program. Summary. Statistics Related to the Database -- ch. 2. Phonetic systems and romanization of mandarin introduction. Phonetic properties of Mandarin. Towards an optimal phonetic system -- References. Corpus of 6,321 Chinese words in descending order of frequency. Corpus of 6,321 Chinese words in phonetic order -- Appendices. Appendix A. Sample of phonetic data. Appendices B-F. Lists of exception characters. Appendix G. A FORTRAN Program which extracts the character matrices.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.